It’s said that if you sell a car to a friend, you’ve never really rid yourself of it, and...
Congratulations to this week’s BMW CCA Garage Goals winner, Rocky Mountain Chapter member Eric Schauble! Eric has won a...
My friend Andrew Wilson reports getting six inches of heavy wet snow last night in coastal Maine, the power...
Congratulations to this week’s BMW CCA Garage Goals winner, Golden Gate Chapter member Bessie Gessner! Bessie has won a...
From the last few posts, you can tell that I have several garage projects proceeding in parallel. These include...
Congratulations to this week’s BMW CCA Garage Goals winner, Nittany Bimmers Chapter member Max Spangler! Max has won a...
A few weeks ago, I talked about putting some time and some scratch into my 2003 E39 530i stick...
Congratulations to our first-ever BMW CCA Garage Goals winner, Boston Chapter member Shaun DaCunha! Shaun has won a $25...
Like you, I’m astonished at the speed with which our lives have changed in response to the coronavirus. It...
I’d hoped to launch into Part II of last week’s “Giving The E39 Some Love,” but the parts I’ve...
It was mid-November, almost four months ago, when I saw the ad for the triple-unicorn 2004 X5 (six-speed, sport...
I’ve been down or hobbled (well, first down, then hobbled) with the flu for two weeks, barely able to...
First, let’s get the context of this straight: I’ve had “flu lite” (body aches, chills, but no fever) for...
Things are on hold with Hampton, the 48,ooo-mile ’73 2002, while I wait for the original water pump to...
A few weeks ago, I described my efforts to remove the old Ziebart rustproofing that looked like it was...
When I first inspected Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought last September, it was in the barn in...
It’s been a strange winter up here in Boston. We had a blast of snow in early December that...
Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Heart of Dixie Chapter member Guy Foster, who won a $50...
As I’ve written, although I’m blessed to have an attached garage into which I can easily fit three cars,...
Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Golden Gate Chapter member Doug Broussard, who won a $50 Shell...
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece describing how Hampton, the 48,000-mile ’73 2002 I bought in September,...
Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, New Jersey Chapter member Kevin Broughton, who won a $50 Shell...
The final book I wrote while I worked at Bentley Publishers was Mechanical Ignition Handbook: The Hack Mechanic Guide...
My wife Maire Anne and I are remarkably compatible. We love one another. and throughout our 41-year relationship and...
Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Kansas City Chapter member John Felter, who won a $50 Shell...
Two weeks ago, in The Return Of The Electric Slide, I wrote about shoehorning four cars into my garage....
There’s an episode of the animated TV show Archer where Sterling Archer is stranded in a freight-train boxcar with...
Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Florida Suncoast Chapter member Mark Williamson, who won a $50 Shell...
When my garage was built fourteen years ago, it was an exercise in what was possible. The City of...
Congratulations to this week’s Shell Fill-Up Friday winner, Pine Tree Chapter member Benjamin Ho, who won a $50 Shell...
